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THE HONGKONG DAILY | PRESS, FRIDAY,

While on the subject of bathing facilities,

HON. MR. CHOW SHOU-SON The Hon Mr. Chow Stau-SON: Sir,

the

OCTOBER 27, 1989.

We are glad to note that the question

HON, MR. AE LOWE.. --of providing for large public works by I take this opportunity of referring to

The Hon, Mr. A R. Lown: Sir, I means of a loan, remmended by many Kowloon which, although bounded on three I wish to amplify the remarks of the desire to associate myself with the re- Munofficial members of this Council, is not sides by the harbour, is even worse off in Senior LooBcial Member on; certain marks on the Budget which have been

points which intimately concern being leat sight of by the Government that respect that Hongkong. At present it Chinese community, and also to touch expressed by my colleagues and to con- As the Colony have the money in hands is decessary for residents on the Panin upon one or two matters affecting the gratulate the Government on the Roaŭ- "the amount required for the Praya East and to go far nåeld in order to obtain Chinese alone, which have not been deal cial strength of the Colony's finances st

with by him, Reclamation scheme, should be treated

When the Ordinace regulating child the end of 1921, the "practical certainty rather as an advance recoverable on the bathing, which is admitted to be a Bale of the anal as it is a matter of health-giving pastime, and under the labour was introduced in this Council at of an increased balance of "Assets over |

circumstances I conceive it to be the chity the end of last mouth, I urged that greater Liabilities at the end of weg and a still facilities should be given for the educa of the Government to remedy this untion of the young children of the labour further credit at the end of 1993. It this method of finance, could, with satisfactory, state of affairs before the ing class, to that they may be looked is very apparent now that the increased vantage, be made use of in counctionalvent of next sinuner.

after when their parents are out earning liquor, tobacco and stamp duties "need" their living. The Chinese have been much at have been · levied. with lig water works schegues, harbour

Taxpayers may gratified with the sympathetic attitude development, etc., as outlined by Your Excellency.

temporary accommodation" "only" But

WATKI" SUPPLY.

The serious state of affairs which arose in connection with the water supply of

PUBLIC, LIGHTING,

Reference has been made to improved gas lighting in Hongkong and Kowloon, though curiously enough, on page 75 of the draft estiriates, the sam set aside, for

of the Government towards this matter, find on reading the Blue Book, or the and I take this opportunity to express belated monthly figures in the Govern- our grateful thanks to Your Excellency meat Gazette, that there is a credit balance at the Bank, an ever increasing

WATER SHORTAGE

the Colony during the past few month Bas lighting in Kowloon appears to boy Chinese colleague and I desire to deposit account with the Crown Agents |

same

the same as this year, viz.:-$1,500-1 bring to the retice of the Government the is proof that much bigger schemes yet trust, Sir, this is quly a clerical error,

great hardships which the poorer classes of-2,000,000 at 1st July, risk invest. of the Chinese have undergone during ments in British Government securities are required before the Colony has a because Kowloon is badly in need of the recent water-shortage. At a meeting of 3,831,000 at cost, which were saleable sufficient water supply. The public will

better lighting, especially Nathan Rond of the Sanitary Board at the beginning

profit of therefore be interested to hear comes

where there is so much traffe. I would of August last, I moved a resolution that 31st July at a

the old wells in the Colony be re-opened, | 82,000,000. But we are not all account- thing mare of any schenus for the extens sion of catchwaters on each side of also like to bring to the notice of the but that motion was rejected upon the ants who can appreciate the beauty in | such figures, and if the duties on liquor Tytam Tuk as well as the mainland. Government the necessity of improving opposition of the Medical Officer of Health, on the ground that well are¦ the lighting of the public pier in Kow able to contamination and thereby to sad tobacco were reduced, even tempor- The Colony may have too little water,

staliation of electric illumination in place munity. Notwithstanding this apprehen...”. of the "present" system which is rendered unsatisfactory by frequent helkage of gas mauties caused by launches buning alongside.

but the Government will never be blamed Icon, and would suggest, Sir, the become it source of langer to the con- arily, the joy of receiving such a dividend

for economically storing too much.

MILITARY-LAND QUESTION.

We should like tu baye-henrd more from Your Excelfer the subject of mill- tary lands. Do the Government intend to wait until, a bad fatal motor accident occurs, in Garden Rad hafore widening It! The cars have necessarily to come

PUBLIC CONVENIENCEA,

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on, I still urge that the cld wells he would make our only luxuries Pre-opened and new ones sunk, in view enjoyable and tend to dispel the gloom of the very great hartiships caused to the "of the tradeless community. It would poor people, especially now that the rainy put a little more heart in everyone from season is over and our reservoirs are for the richest merchant and Banker to the from being full. The Government could

ordinary.

certain SUAR for

Arst satisfy itself that a well is not con- poorest coolie, and the Government Can I see that a sum of $20,000 is art aside taminated by sewage or other matters well afford to do this. - I do not think it, up the hill at a fair speed and it speaks for public conveniences in Kowloon, and before allowing it to be re-opened, a is the Government's business to tax could also bring all wells under strict people for more than their mediate I understand representations have

control. As I said at the Sanitary Board: cently been made to the Government in meeting, when moving the resolution, the quirements, plus a this connection. Apart from the latrine Chinese do not drink water that has not fund for Päblic Works Extra- been boiled, and they could be warned at the ricksba shelter by the Star Ferry to use well-water for washing purposes > THE COLONY'S BALANCE SHEET. Wharf, there is no public convenience in only. More water is used for washing in the delite on the Budget in 1818 Kowloon until Yaumati is reached.than drinking, and so the well, if opened, the Hon. Mr. Landate complained very should considerably relieve the heavy bitterly of the inadequate accounts of the drain upon our existing limited supply Government had, barring unproved from the reservoirs. I wish it to be monthly cash account which was in understood that my suggestion is merely stituted at my suggestion in 1920, I find an expedient to lessen the hardships on no improvement.

well for the polied control as well as for the drivers that denne has yet been killed, but it remains, most dangerous for pedestrians and chair traffic. What is the situation "as regards the military lansla on the Hongkong side, and how lons is the line site on the Nathan Road. Kowloon, in the middle of a residential district to be used for stalling army mules!

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HON. MR A. (). LAN

Hon, MA. Q. Lasu: Sir. I desire to associate myself with the remarks of the Senior Unofficial Meziber, and to con

Rrerst cases of indeerney call for much better provision in this respect than there ts at present.

2.

EDUCATION.

It is somewhat surprising considering the importance now-a-days attached to gratulate the Gaweneat on being able education-to find the Government still to lay so satisfactory a. Budget fore the Council. In these times of commerein!adhering to the ancient custom of placing

FOOD SUPPLIES.

stagnation the absence of proposals in at the head of their educational affairs Estimates for 1922, the late Mr. Lau Cha ourselves. The Government Gazette from

respect of new taxation is feature and I trust the present inancial position will long be maintained. and that, increased levies, in any shape or form, will be unnecessary for many years

to coine.

the people and got a substitution for any a skanuary of the Colony's fauancial permanent schroe for intreasing the position at the end of any one year is water-supply, which is necessary for our not supplied. It is impossible to get any idén of our true position unless this increased and increasing population.

is attempted and we have a right to this knowledge without going to a great deal Last year, speaking upon the draft of difficulty in trying to make it up for a pleasing an officer without special life-long train pak mentioned a certain scheme for re-time to time gives a belated account of ingin this highly technical work.. No claiming a tract of submerged land in a summarised receipts and payasuta, ate would for a moment think of select certain part of the New Territories for ostensibly on profit and loss fines, and the purpose of growing paddy that should fit is true that Public Works Ketra- ing a Director of Public Works, a Har suffice to meet all local demands for five ordinary are shown separately, but the nir Master, or a Medical Officer from or six months in the year, thus rendering Kovicou-Canton Railway expenditure in- the Cadet Service, and in view of the Hongkong less dependent upon outside cludes large items for capital expendi-

sources for the supply, of rice. The last ture which can only be found on page: enormous and increasing expenditure on general strike in this Colony has proved 365 of the Blue Book. In these state- education I strongly urge the Govern the wisdom of his suggestion, I think that, ments 70 per cent. of the ordinary ment to take the first opportunity of profiting by the experience gained from Revenue is shown as one item (Licenses,

otherwise appointing a Director of Education who that strike, the Covertiment should, cnaud Internal Revenue aut has been trained exclusively in this pro-tion in the New Territories of rice and and therefore hides more than it shows.

courage as much as possible the cultiva stated; $11,000,00,-out of $10,000,000) fession. It ought to be possible for a member of any profession serving under vegetables, and the establishment of return to the more detailed state- the Government to hold the senior poultry farms, so that Hongkong may ment of receipts of some 17 years ago appointment in his department; but, if not depend to the extent it now does may be made. with advantage, and also for any reason this is not considered upon outside for its food supply. desirable there would be no difficulty in

FOREIGN LIQUORS AND TOBAGO, In the first place, Sir, I veatum to renew the representations which I made last year with regard to a reduction in the duties on Foreign Liquors and Tobocco, and in view of the fact thus the revenue from these sources is expected to far extend the estimate. I am encouraged to hope for sympathetic consideration of this request. The existing scale of duties is particularly, severe in the case of light wines, and the general tendency of these high duties is to increase the consumption of spirits at the expense of a less harm-finding a trained educationalist elsewhere. My Chinese colleague and I endorse the ful form of stimulant.

OBSERVATORY.

LABOUR AGITATOES.

remarks of the Senior Unofficial Member in regard to labour guilde and unions While we sympathise with the legitimate

to the practice of showing Public Works Extraordinary, as well as other capital expenditure such as new Railway works In these days of specialization, years of

under the line, in the same manner as Land Sales are shown at the end of the atrenuous effort are required to fit any

Receipts on the other. It would then be man for a senior position in his pro

apparent that we were overtaxed in 1921 With reference to the Observatory, Sir, fesson and I feel confident that a depar aspirations of the labourer for the butter by nearly $4,000,000, or per cent., to I had occasion at the annual general turn from the old custom-a relic of the ment of his living conditions, we consider meeting of the Chamber of Commerce,

pay for recurrent expenses; whilst .held in April last, to refer, amongst days when education was of little account that unscrupulous persons should not be nearly half of the $3,600,000 capital ex- -would add an attraction tapding to allowed to trade upon the credulity and penditure un Public works and tha increase the efficiency of the educational ignorance of the simple labourers. Railway was met by capital receipts of branch of the service.

my view, such legislation as is suggested $1,831,000 from Land Sales. Similarly, by the Senor Unodicial Member is for according to the revised estimates for the real good of the honest and law-abid-1992, the Revenue from, taxation is ing working men.

TOWN PLANNING.

other matters, to the Hongkong Observa- tory, and the hope was then expressed that the Government would see its way to jincrease the annual vote in order that the Colony might he supplied with the most reliable data in the shape of daily Wea- ther Maps and Weather Reports, especiI ally during the typhoon season.

Tregret to find there is a general feel ing that the Observatory and its system of recording storms and conveying in formation to shipping is not all it should be, and it is obviously unnecessary for me to comment on the importance of this it sms advisable that the development Council, and since then the situation has and 1921, and is hardly likely to reach

of such areas should be systematically planned.·.

MILITARY LANDS,

With reference to your Excellency's

estimated to be $1,000,000 in excess of remarks on the subject of town planning,

Recurrent expenses whilst additional shall be glad if the Government will

POLICE MEASURES. state whether it is following any settled

Stricter measures should be adopted for receipts from Land Sales this year up policy in the matter of the erection of European houses in the remoter parts of preventing the smuggling of arms and only have almost reached the Revised ammunition into the Colony." "I believe estimate of 82,500,000 for the whole year the New Territories. There are several that about three years ago Mr. Ho Fook and at the rate of Public Works. Extra

ordinary expenditure, which only reached localities, as for example Castle Peak, which afford excellent building sites and poke upon this important subject in this wo per cent of the estimates in 1920 become worse I know that it is no easy co per cent in 1992, it looks as if Land matter in a Colony almost entirely de

matter to detect arts, surreptitiously Sales will pay for all capital expenditure pendent upon its shipping industry

introduced into the Colony, but the public in 1922. Certain recent events appear to have

expect to see better results, even though It seems as if similar conditions will created lack of confidence, podkibly

With regard to the Hon. Mr. Parr's the Forte may have to be further in apply in 1923 as the Recurrent Expenses Funjustifiable, in the Observatory and the

(based on liberal lines) are put down at "present system of recording typhoons, and remarks on Military Lands I have always creased for the purpose."

In supporting the recommendation of $14,873,000 and Taxed Revenue (based ne a ruult a very full report dealing with understood, Sir, that there is a long the subject has recently been forwarded standing arrangement whereby the War the Senior Unofficial Member for increas on conservative lines) is put down at to the Government hy the Chamber of Office will surrender, at a figure to being the strength of the European con 817,367,000 and we can therefore assume Commerce. I am confident, Sir, the agreed, such lands as are not absolutely fiagent for the search of arms, and for that we are to be overtaxed another Chamber's request will be received in acusential for Military purposes, and if bringing the Police Force up to a greater 84,000,000, as in 1921 and 1920 sympathetic spirit, and that in a case of my information is correct it would appear standard of efficiency, I know that. I have To show that the surviving generation this kind the Government will extend its that they have failed to keep their part the whole Chinese community behind me. have not only paid for themselves but fullest co-operation, more expecially as of the bargain. I urge, Sir, that the The re-organization of the Detective Subprovided a great deni for posterity in the matter is one affecting the vested Government should bring strong pressure Department under a Deputy Super is sufficient to show that Public Works out of Revenue, interests of the port, both on land and to bear in order that the areas to which intendent is a step in the right direction. Extraordinary cost sen, and, what is of paramount import I refer may be released without further and I venture to express the view, which during the 10 years ending, 1910, some ance, one so closely connected with the delay and thereby permit the develop. I hold strongly, that the number of $12,000,000, or 2) per cent. and during safety of life act only in the Colony but ment of the City in the direction of Chinese detectives should be increased the 10 years ending 1020 about 12 per on, gesels and native craft in neighbour Queen's Road East To similar conner Whatever may be said of the Chinese as cent, costing 815,800,000, in addition to ing waters The Chamber of Commerce Lion I would refer to Finewood Battery, secret-service-men, the fact remains that certain additional capital expenditure has suggested certain procedure with re-with its 70 odd acres, and to the Sani- they cannot be dispensed with is this amounting to a few millious expended on gard to an investigation in order to tarium on Craigmin Road, both of which, Colony for the detection of crime. Now the Bailway. ascertain whether the Colony is being understand, have been the subject of that they are placed under the iramediate The moral of all this is that the pre- Herved with, the best available meteorolo amerous applications from private insupervision of a Deputy Superintendent sent inhabitants outside, Happy Valley The who, I presume, understands the Chinese are overtaxed and the Government. gical and wireless broadcasting systems, uviduals for building purposes. For whether the preant arrangements are Colony feels very strongly on this matter, language, and if their conditions of ser kindly board up the savings for the adequate in view of the important, inter and unless something definite is decided vice were improved, as I think they should benefit of posterity though actually they ests involved, and it is hoped the sugges in the near future I fear public opinion be, they ought to become useful instru- do credit us with the increased interest stions put forward, the result of careful will endeavour to oppose fature Military Dents for the detection and prevention from investments.

of crime. It is only fair to say that there It is difficult to formulate an Annual deliberation will, in the main, be accept-

are not lacking, among the Chinese detec- Balance Sheet as the Colony's Assets able to the Government...

tives, men who are ready to face danger and Liabilities aro both of a dual atare, With regard to your Excellency's state in the execution of their duty, as many viz., in silver and sterling But commer meat to the effect that the wages of the Court cases have revealed. In order to cial firms have to cope with this dif crews of all Government launches have give our police greater enomiragement,ficulty and I do not see why the Govern been increased to bring them into line the Government should compensate, adement should shirke doing so more parti with orewa employed by commercializma quately the family of any man who may cularly as they are trustees of the whose pay was adjusted after the strike low his life in the discharge of bis duty people's money. It is obviously more elier in the year, there appears to be I am sure that this and other suggestions difficult to work up correct figures" han some misunderstanding in connection with of the Unofficial Members relative to the to check them, but from the vanons this matter, and I shall be glad if the Police will commend themselves to the figures scattered over the Government Government will explain the position so Government and particularly to our Gazetter Blue Books, and Estimaten I as to remove any false impression that energetic and over-worked Captain Baper have arrived at the following results. may have been formed.

intendent of Police":

"(Continued on 3085 4-),

Withi

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